Kincardine Holiday Inn Express Atoms Win in Walkerton
On Saturday, December 18th the Holiday Inn Express Atoms headed out to face off against the Walkerton Capitals LL2. The first period started off with end-to-end action from both teams. Walkerton opened up the scoring with two minutes left in the first period and slipped one past Kincardine.
But Kincardine would not be held down . They kept the pressure on Walkerton and with 0.01 seconds left on the clock, Connor B put the puck away to tie it at 1 a -piece. With some solid plays from centers - Carson S, Abbey M and Tyler B - and a solid defence core - Colton G-H, Connor B, Payton M and Jessica G - Kincardine held off the Walkerton Capitals. The forwards have made some great strides in learning their positions and some great chances for Madey E and Alexis B were had in front of the Walkerton net. With 6 minutes to go in the 3rd period , Kincardine showed some stellar passing when Abbey S fed the puck over to Abbey M and then off to Colton G-H who scored the game winner to the delight of the excited Kincardine fans ! This pushed Kincardine past Walkerton and made the score 2-1. Walkerton came on strong in the last minutes of the game but with great goaltending from Liam M who stopped all that Walkerton tried to offer, Kincardine was able to hold off the Capitals and end their 2010 year with their 2nd win in a row ; 4th win of the season.
A special thank you goes to the team sponsor, Kincardine Holiday Inn Express, for showing such great community support!
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